All of a sudden, I'm getting a warning that the Key Fob battery is low. The car is under 2 year old, I don't know why it would have used all of the battery. Has anyone else run into this proble, and is it only replaceable at the dealer?

 

Nah just pick up a fob battery and put it in
STEVE

 

You are lucky it let you know it is low. Mine just quit after only eight months. Then the alarm went off when I tried to use the key and I couldn't shut it off. Until I put the key in the ignition.

Apparently, the closer you store they key to the vehicle, the more battery is used.

 

Correct. my key never leaves the cup holder and i go through batteries every 3-5 months

 

Can you just pry it open?

 

yes, smaller flat head screw driver it separates.

 

Yep .. mine did the same. just as MIKEon22s said with a small screwdriver or knife. It uses a 2035 battery. Correction ... 2032.

 

And when you drive to work you use the parking lot across the street or around the corner . . .? :-)

 

I replaced my batt about two months ago and I am getting batt low messages every now and then, so I removed the batt and checked it and it has 3.3 DCV. The batt say's 3.0V on it so my batt is good. I read the manuel and there is a sentance that say's to not touch the batt with your fingers and if you do clean it with rubbing alcohol. Well it's almost impossiable to install a batt with out touching it but anyhow do you guys think that might be the problem with premature batt failuer ??

 

never heard of cleaning the battery, same ones are used in every desktop computer. I will say my work 2 way radio, 800 MHZ, will mess it up if its to close i have learned.